title: Menthone and p-menthyl-3-carboxaldehyde as chiral auxiliaries.
abstract: Two chiral auxiliaries and the role they play in the preparation of chiral carbonyl compounds and heterocyclic compounds are presented. Key reactions include S(N)2' displacements, Mitsunobu with hydrazoic acid, and 3,3-sigmatropic rearrangements. One of the auxiliaries serves many functions and is removed either by oxidative cleavage or RCM reaction.
authors.affiliation: Université de Sherbrooke, Département de Chimie, 2500 Boul. Université, Sherbrooke, Qc, Canada. Claude.Spino@USherbrooke.ca
authors.forename: Claude
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Spino